Camp-stool



B. c. YQBROWN.

CAMP STOOL. APPLICATION FILED juLY 29,1920.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BARTON C. Y. BROWN, 01 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CAMP-STOOL.

Application filed July 29,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARTON C. Y. BROWN, a. citizen of the United States,and resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a. new and Improved Camp-Stool, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in campstools, an object of theinvention being to provide an improved collapsible stool of this type,embodying new features of construction, which tend to vmake the stoolstrong, and durable in use, and yet light in weight.

A still further object is to provide a camp stool which will becomparatively simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved camp stool set up andready for use.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof showing the stool inpartially folded position.

Fig. 3 is another view in side elevation showing the stool folded.

Fig. 4 is a. view in front elevation of a stool in folded position, and

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring in detail to the drawings, my improved stool comprises a. seatportion 1, which is supported on a pair of parallel leg members 2. and asingle leg member 3 pivotally connected to the legs 2 at theirintermediate portions, and located therebetween. All three of the legmembers are formed of fiat boards, and the leg 3 entirely fills thespace between the legs 2. A red at located transversely of all of thelegs as shown in Fig. 1, provides the pivotal connection. Cross pieces 5and 6 connect the parallel leg members 2.

The seat 1 is hinged at one end to the upper end of the parallel legmembers 2. lVhile the seat may be hinged to the legs in various ways, Iprefer the method illustrated, wherein a strip of sheet metal 7 issecured across the edge of the seat 1 and provided with a pair ofintegral depending Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 399,692.

ears 8, which are pivotally secured to the outer edges of the legs 2.

A pair of folding braces 9 connect the outer edges of the legs 3 withthe inner edges of the legs 2 limiting the pivotal movement of the legson the rod 4, and the inner edges of the legs 2 are provided withrecesses 10 which accommodate the braces 9 when the stool is in foldedposition.

The cross piece 5 is located between the upper ends of the legs 2, andis substantially half the thickness of the legs, so that when the stoolis folded, the cross piece 5 will fit snugly within a recess 11 providedin the upper end of the leg 3, as shown clearly in Fig. 5. If desired,the free edge of the seat may be strengthened by a strip of sheet metal12.

In operation, the method of folding the stool will be readilyunderstood. In Fig. 1, the braces 9 are in extended position and thefree edge of the seat 1 is resting on the upper end of the leg 3. Tofold the stool, the free edge of the seat is elevated, the braces 9 arecollapsed, the legs are swung together on the rod 4 until the crosspiece 5 is located in the recess 11, and the braces 9 located in therecess 10. The seat 1 is then swung downwardly into the position shownin Fig. 5, the seat being parallel with and located against all threelegs so that the stool is compactly folded.

lVhile I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, itis obvious that various slight changes and alterations might be made inthe general form of the parts described without departing from myinvention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details setforth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaim.

I claim:

A camp stool, comprising a pair of parallel leg members, arod positionedtransversely through said members, a third leg member pivotallysupported on said rod between. said parallel leg members, a seat hingedto the upper end of the parallel leg members, folding braces connectingthe outer edges of said third leg member with the inner edges of saidparallel leg members, and limiting the pivotal movement of all the legmembers on the rod, and said parallel leg members having recessestherein receiving said braces in folded position.

BARTON C. Y. BROWN.

